Cross Agnosticism

Mark 9:30-50

Mann Gulch, August 5, 1949 – 

“The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him …. But they did not understand the saying.” Mark 9:31-32

What clogged their comprehension?

1. They were . (33-37)

You will not understand my if you do not embrace my .

2. They were . (38-41)

“We tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” (38b)

Jesus said, “Do not stop him.” (39a)

• He will not speak evil of the One who him. (39)
• If he is not , he is . (40)
• No simple act of toward my own will go . (41)

You will not understand my if you do not embrace the .

3. They were . (42-50)

• Sin is . (42a)
• Sin is . (42-48)
• Sin requires the . (49-50)

You will not understand my if you do not take .

This week – making the cross more understandable

• In what ways are you interacting with and serving those who are ?
• How can you this week (pray for, include, serve …)?
• Will you offer up to God a this week (“salted with fire”) that highlights the value of a soul, yours or someone else’s?

“Humility teaches us to be less concerned with knowing the answers and more concerned with learning the answers.”

Hannah Anderson